Posted on 04/12/2017 7:37:55 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
The Dodge Challenger SRT Demon is not a car for normal people. For starters, it comes standard with only one seat. Because passenger seats, and passengers, weigh too much and would slow it down. Your friends aren't worth that.
Then there's the engine. The Demon's 840-horsepower 6.2-liter supercharged V8 is the most powerful V8 engine ever put into a regular production car. That makes the Demon the most powerful factory-produced muscle car... ever.
The Demon has already recorded the fastest quarter-mile run by a factory production car ever, as officially certified by the National Hot Rod Association. Starting from a dead stop, a Demon made the drag strip run in just 9.65 seconds.
It also has the fastest zero to 60 time for any production car, according to Dodge, at 2.3 seconds. And the fastest zero to 30 time at 1.3 seconds. All of this leads to it having the most rib-crushing acceleration G-force of any production car. Helping that are the huge buckets of air the engine can suck in through the largest functional hood scoop made for any production car.
Motor Tend magazine has said that the record quickest zero-to-60 run by a factory production car, in its testing, had been by the Tesla Model S P100D. In the hands of Motor Trend test drivers, the Tesla accelerated to 60 miles an hour in 2.28 seconds. (There are various methods for measuring zero to 60 acceleration that can yield different results.)
The Demon is also the first production car able to accelerate so hard it can lift its front wheels off the pavement, a feat that has been certified by the Guinness Book of World Records. The front wheel can stay up in the air for almost three feet.
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The Viper is great at turning. This is a specialized drag racing car.
A Yamaha R1 seats just one as well, and would eat this thing for lunch.
The Dodge Viper has a normally aspirated V-10 engine.
Robocop: “Excuse me, I have to go. Somewhere there is a crime happening.
“I’ll take this Dodge Demon. I’m a robot.”
Besides being far better and more exotic looking, the Viper had a V-10.
“A Yamaha R1 seats just one as well, and would eat this thing for lunch.”
hmmm. Numbers don’t support you.
2.3 vs. 2.6
9.65 vs. 9.83
When I was driving my 2014 Stingray back from Vegas I tried out the ECO (4 Cylinder) Mode for about 50 Miles.
I got about 38 mpg but it was a pain in the Butt watching the Fuel Economy Gauge and stopping myself from putting the Pedal to the Metal.
Without using ECO Mode, the Car would get 26-28 MPG at 70-75 MPH in 6th or 7th Gear running around 2000 RPM.
Of course it gets old driving a Corvette like it’s a Prius.
That was the first and last time I ever used ECO Mode. Track Mode was much more fun.
Once upon a time single seat cars like that were called, funny cars. Or prostockers.
This is the kind of car I’d have killed for when I was 16. Unfortunately, now that I can afford it, I can’t appreciate it the way the 16-year old version of me would have.
Go steal yourself a Honda Accord?
Remember the Holden GTO? I just searched one, a 2006 with low miles: 65K!
It can't compete in an NHRA event without a roll cage. If you put a roll cage in your Demon, then they won't ban your car.
“It can’t compete in an NHRA event without a roll cage. “
For those that don’t run less than 10.0 you can get by with a roll bar.
Oh you would!!!! LOL
Good for you.
That would be nice...
D1
I was never into the auto scene that much. I know what I liked in the day, but that was about it.
My mom took me to the oval dirt tracks when I was a kid. I was young and those things were very very loud. We were right down near the track, and of course mud was flying and all that noise. I think that put me off of racing a bit.
I was a hellion behind the wheel. I really enjoy driving fast, shifting... I’d do some crazy stuff.
At any rate thanks for the mention. I’m sure others identified with your mention.
Even the old Beetles had 4-wheel independent suspension.
That’s straight line. Throw a curve or two in and everything changes. Of course there’s the matter of coming back alive - which would be a lot easier in the Dodge. Shifting gears with the front wheel in the air has always spooked me.
“Of course it gets old driving a Corvette like it’s a Prius.”
I have a C5 (6 speed) and I routinely get 33mpg driving back and forth between the Bay Area and Monterey at 70 to 75. Just get up to speed, drop into 6th gear, and pop on the cruise control.
“Even the old Beetles had 4-wheel independent suspension.”
Both the Camaro and the Mustang have IRS and their track versions are amazing, particularly the Camaro with 650 hp.
There is a new Shelby coming out that is supposed to be as outrageous as the Demon.I cant wait.
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